Headwear.



A. MODERMOTT.

HEADWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16,1911.

1,056,433. Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

q vihlcmco UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA menmo'r'r, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

nmmwnan.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA MGDERMOTT,

a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Toledo,Lucas county,

5 ,Ohio, have invented new and useful Headwear, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to headw'ear.

This invention has utility when embodied in a device for variouslyshielding portions of the head or neck of the wearer and beingparticularly adapted for iise as an automobile veil, a yachting hood, oran opera scarf.

Among the objects of this invention is the provision for headwearservice of a device of attractive appearance, readily adaptable tovaried conditions of use. r

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the inventionwith the flap held in position as a veil over the face of the wearer andwith the ends of the article thrown about the neck; Fig. 2 shows in fulllines the article with the flap folded underneath the hood portionthereof to expose the face, and with the ends of the article tied in abow in front; Fig. 3 shows a pair of the fasteners adapted to hold theflap as well as coact with the hood portion or with the flap; Fig. 4shows the hoodporwith the flap in face shielding position and .held thusby the fasteners, while the ends are left flowing in front; Fig. 5 showsthe hood drawn and fastened under the chin with the veil-portion or.flap in' face shielding position, while the ends of the article are leftflowing in front; and Fig. 6 is a view on a reduced scale of the articlebesembled.

The article is shown as comprising a single strip of material having theflowing end portions 1 shown as finished in a decorative way as'byhemstitching 2. Medially of the length of the material and from one sidethereof is the flap or veil portion 3 which may also be provided with afinished portion say by hemstitching 4:.

Upon each side of the flap 3 are shown incuts or reentrant portions 5giving the flap an independent freedom of movement relatively to thestreamer sections 1. Opposite the flap 3 and medially of the length ofthe material is a stitched portion 7 medially closed upon itself to formthe back of the a hood section. Adjacent this stlt-ched portionSpecification of Letters Patent.

tion of the article distended over a hat and fore the gatherings andback seam are as-' Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

Application filed March 16, 1811. Serial R 'o. $14,782.

is the gatherine 8 which is yieldable by having disposed therein anelastic cord. Between this ba'ck gathering 8 and the flap 3 is a secondgathering 9 shown as of loop form and also containing a yieldable cordor tion to shield the face with the reentrant portions 5 permitting thefasteners 6 to clasp at the back of the head and thus hold the faceshielding portion 3 over the wearer. The yieldable gatherings 8' and 9permit the hood portion 11 to properly shape to the head of the wearer,while the end portions of the article 1 are thrown loosely back over theshoulders of the wearer.

Fig. 2 shows in full lines the article worn as a hood and with the flapturned back underneath the hood 11 with the ends of the article tiedbeneath the wearers chin to form the bow 1". In this view (full lines)the face shielding ortionof the veil or article is folded with1n thehood, while in the dash line 3" is shown this veil portion or flapthrown back over the outside of the hood and so held by fasteners 6" asindicated in the dotted line showing, and the flap 3" may have itsfasteners 6 coact with the hood fasteners 10 to hold the flap in amedial position over the hood section 11.

In Fig. 4 the hood section 11 is shown as distended overa hat, while inFig. 5 the hood section 11 is shown with its gathering 9 distended topermit the fasteners 10"." to coact beneath the chin of the wearer withthe flap or veil portion 3 in full lines over the face. In Figs. 4 and5, the

ends 1" of the article areshown as freely.

hood section provided with an extension flap from the forward portionthereof and movable'to shield the face of the wearer, and fasteningmeans for the flap in shielding or nnshielding position.

2. An article of headwear comprising a strip of material having a pairof notches therein to form on one, side thereof a flap, and fasteningmeans on portions of the flap remote from the hood for holding the flapin face shieldingor unshielding position.

3. An article of headwear comprisin a hood section provided with anextension ap from the forward portion thereof and movable to shield, theface of the wearer, and gathering means on the hood' section thereofopposite the flap to form the neck of the hood.

4. article of headwear comprising a strip of material having a pair ofnotches therein to form on one side thereof a fiap movable into faceshielding or unshielding position, and a loop gathering near the base ofsaid flap to form the head portion of the hood, and a second gatheringopposite the flap to form the neck of the hoo In witness whereof I afiixmy signature in -Witnesses:

MARY A. DAY, Gno. E. KIRK.

